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Fire Destroys 123-Year-Old Home On Armitage Avenue

An extra-alarm fire broke out Friday afternoon in this 123-year-old home on Armitage Avenue in Lincoln Park. (Credit: Chicago Fire Department)

UPDATED 09/16/11 2:01 p.m.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A home dating from 1888 collapsed in an extra-alarm fire Friday afternoon, on trendy Armitage Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

The fire was reported in three-story brick home at 525 W. Armitage Ave., on the southeast corner of the intersection with Mohawk Street.

A still-and-box alarm was initially called for the fire at 12:50 p.m, but it was later upgraded to a 2-11 alarm, according to the Fire Department. Firefighters used four master hose lines and four hand lines to fight the blaze.

City records say in December, the owner of the home had a case before the to the Zoning Board of Appeal, and sought to convert the building from a four-unit residence into a single-family home, and planned to construct a new stairway enclosure and front covered porch.